Prominent European politician and a Vice President of the European Parliament voices full support for Stop Killing Games – “I stand with the people who started this citizen initiative. I signed and will continue to help them. A game, once sold, belongs to the customer…”
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Increasingly common EU win
If this wins it will be a massive win for consumers.
>A game, once sold, belongs to the customer
Well said, if companies don’t want to agree the easy way, make it painful for them.
incredible, the eu has actual politicians that represent the (relatively) young citizens. In most countries/regions this bill would go to discussion and everyone there would not care because they dont relate to it/ dont understand it because they are all like 70+ and dont bother to understand something thats mildly techy. Having someone who both understands the movement and supports it is so huge for getting it passed
That’s awesome, but I’m still worried. I don’t think it means what we think it will mean. They always find a way to screw us.
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It’s honestly refreshing to see a politician straight-up say what gamers have felt for years. if I pay for a game, I should get to keep it. No more vanishing libraries because some company decided to flip a switch. Huge respect to Stefanuta for backing this. It feels like a rare win for consumer rights in gaming.
Now I’m really curious. Will the industry actually listen or just ramp up the lobbying to kill this idea? You can almost hear Ubisoft execs sweating at the thought of a law like this (and frankly, they should be). Either way, seeing someone in power side with players gives me a bit of hope. Games aren’t rental toys, and it’s about time that got recognized.
I can see some companies finding a way around this, one way would be they don’t technically “sell” you the game. Make it subscription based and raise the prices, this way they’re essentially having you “buy” said game multiple times over without the chance of *ever* “owning” a copy. It obviously won’t work unless gaming goes entirely digital, it seems the industry is trying to move in that direction though.
Hopefully they mean it and actually going to continue to push for STG. Unfortunately with lots of political things (imo. I could be wrong or not understand how some things work) is some will say one thing for popularity/votes or what have you. Then do another. But this is definitely a step in the right direction
Except players themselves agree with EULA terms, no one reads that shit, but if you do, you’ll probably find out that the game doesn’t belong to you, you just rent it instead. So good luck in a court!